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Pedro Pinto
Pedro Pinto

Reputation: 135

Python: Filter in tuples

I have two lists of tuples. I want a new list with every member of l2 and every member of l1 that does not begin with the same element from l2.

I used a for loop and my output is ok.

My question is: How can I use the filter function or a list comprehension?

def ov(l1, l2):

    l3=l1.copy()    
    for i in l2:

        for j in l1:

            if i[0]==j[0]:
                l3.pop(l3.index(j))

    print (l3+l2)            

ov([('c','d'),('c','e'),('a','b'),('a', 'd')], [('a','c'),('b','d')])

The output is:

[('c', 'd'), ('c', 'e'), ('a', 'c'), ('b', 'd')]

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1851

Answers (3)

mazunki
mazunki

Reputation: 732

Filter is a function which returns a list for all True returns of a function, being used as filter(function(), iterator). 

def compare(one, two):
    for i in two:
        if i[0]==one[0]:
            print("yes:", one,two)
            return False
    return True

l1 = [('c','d'),('c','e'),('a','b'),('a', 'd')]
l2 = [('a','c'),('b','d')]

one_liner = lambda n: compare(l1[n], l2)  # where n is the tuple in the first list
lets_filter = list(filter(one_liner, range(len(l1))))

final_list = l2.copy()
for i in lets_filter:
    final_list.append(l1[i])

print(final_list)

I made this as a way to do it. Lambda might be a bit confusing, alert if you don't understand it, and I'll remake it.

List comprehension is a "ternary operator", if you're familiar with those, in order to make a list in a one-liner.

l1 = [('c','d'),('c','e'),('a','b'),('a', 'd')]
l2 = [('a','c'),('b','d')]

l3 = [l1[n] for n in range(len(l1)) if l1[n][0] not in [l2[i][0] for i in range(len(l2))]]+l2
print(l3)

This code does the trick, but is overwhelming at first. Let me explain what it does. l1[n] for n in range(len(l1) goes through all the pairs in l1, in order to see if we can add them. This is done when the if returns True. l1[n][0] not in takes the first item, and returns True if doesn't exist in any of the elements of the following list. [l2[i][0] for i in range(len(l2))] makes a list from all the first elements of l2. +l2 is added, as requested.

As a bonus, I'm going to explain how to use else in the same scenario, in case you wanted another result. 

l1 = [('c','d'),('a','b'),('c','e'),('a', 'd')]
l2 = [('a','c'),('b','d')]

l3 = [l1[n] if l1[n][0] not in [l2[i][0] for i in range(len(l2))] else ("not", "you") for n in range(len(l1))]+l2
print(l3)

As you can see, I had to switch the order of the operators, but works as it should, adding them in the correct order of l1 (which I changed for the sake of showing).

Python script

Upvotes: 0

gold_cy
gold_cy

Reputation: 14216

Here is an approach using filter: 

from operator import itemgetter

f = itemgetter(0)
zval = set(map(itemgetter(0), l2))

list(filter(lambda tup: f(tup) not in zval, l1)) + l2

[('c', 'd'), ('c', 'e'), ('a', 'c'), ('b', 'd')]

Or:

def parser(tup):
    return f(tup) not in zval

list(filter(parser, l1)) + l2

[('c', 'd'), ('c', 'e'), ('a', 'c'), ('b', 'd')]

Upvotes: 2

timgeb
timgeb

Reputation: 78650

If I understand correctly, this should be the straight forward solution:

>>> l1 = [('c','d'),('c','e'),('a','b'),('a', 'd')]                                                                               
>>> l2 = [('a','c'),('b','d')]                                                                                                    
>>>                                                                                                                               
>>> starters = set(x for x, _ in l2)                                                                                              
>>> [(x, y) for x, y in l1 if x not in starters] + l2                                                                             
[('c', 'd'), ('c', 'e'), ('a', 'c'), ('b', 'd')]

This can be generalized to work with longer tuples with extended iterable unpacking.

>>> starters = set(head for head, *_ in l2)                                                                                             
>>> [(head, *tail) for head, *tail in l1 if head not in starters] + l2                                                            
[('c', 'd'), ('c', 'e'), ('a', 'c'), ('b', 'd')]

Upvotes: 5

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